Congress releases old video of PM Narendra Modi saying 'GST can never be successful'

NEW DELHI: Just hours before roll out of GST, the Congress party today tweeted undated old clips of Narendra Modi saying "GST can never be successful" and its implementation is "impossible" without the requisite infrastructure.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen opposing GST in the videos, on the ground that the new tax system cannot be implemented without development of proper infrastructure.



Critisising Modi on the same argument, Congress today said: "Modi ji, how quickly you forget your own words. Why are you rolling out GST without developing the proper infrastructure."

"This is what Modi ji & the BJP really think of GST" is what the Congress captioned one clip.



Congress has been opposing the roll out of GST and has also decided to boycott the special midnight meeting to launch GST in Parliament.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, currently abroad on a holiday, also hit out at the government, accusing it of being "insensitive" for rolling out GST without planning, foresight and institutional readiness.

"A reform that holds great potential is being rushed through in a half-baked way with a self-promotional spectacle #GSTTamasha," he said on Twitter.


"But like demonetisation, GST is being executed by an incompetent and insensitive government without planning, foresight and institutional readiness," Gandhi also tweeted.

The Congress has accused that the BJP-led NDA is 'ill-prepared' to implement the new tax regime.